Li said President Xi Jinping's Germany visit in March has promoted bilateral relations and cooperation. Li also welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel to pay an official visit to China this year.

He said China, to maintain steady, sustained and sound economic growth, will deepen its reform, balance the relationship between the government and the market, expand market access, adjust economic structure, as well as develop clean energy and energy conservation and environmental protection technology.

These measures will bring huge opportunities for companies worldwide, he added.

Gabriel said Germany is ready to support China's comprehensive reform, and hopes China will be a destination for investment and technology.

Germany will strengthen cooperation with China in innovation and technology research and development to create more opportunities for the two countries, Gabriel said.

BEIJING, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Liu Yunshan on Tuesday called for stronger China-Germany relations through inter-party exchanges.

Liu, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPC, made the call in his meeting with Volker Kauder, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of Germany. Full story

BEIJING, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and visiting German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier held the fourth round of foreign ministerial strategic talks between the two countries on Monday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Germany in March has pushed bilateral relations to a new stage, Wang said, noting that leaders of the two countries decided to lift their relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership.Full story